gabelle
IPA: / ɡabˈɛl /
Množina: gabelles
A salt tax; In French history, term that originally referred to a tax on various items but came to be used exclusively for a tax on salt, first levied by Philip the Fair in 1286 and abolished 1790.
Množina: gabelles
A salt tax; In French history, term that originally referred to a tax on various items but came to be used exclusively for a tax on salt, first levied by Philip the Fair in 1286 and abolished 1790.